Lucius D. Battle Papers

Dates: 1952-1970.

State Department Official 1946-1955, 1964-1968, including
Special Assistant to the Secretary of State, 1949-1953.

The papers of Lucius D. Battle contain most importantly
forty-three letters from Dean Acheson, written between 1952 and 1963
and in 1970. The letters are primarily personal in nature, though they
do contain a few comments on Republican policies and personalities in
the 1950s.

Size: About 100 pagesAccess: Open, with the exception that one letter has been closed
in accordance with the provisions of the donor's deed of gift.Copyright: Lucius D. Battle donated his copyright interest in any
unpublished writings in this collection or any other collection in the
possession of the United States Government to the people of the United
States. Copyright interest in documents created by people other than Lucius
Battle, and in particular by Dean Acheson, are presumed to remain with
the writers of the documents or their heirs.
Processed by: Dennis Bilger
(1993).

Lucius D. Battle served as Secretary of State Dean Acheson's special
assistant from 1949 to 1953 and the two men maintained a personal friendship
until Acheson died in 1971. Battle's papers contain forty-three letters
from Dean Acheson, written between 1952 and 1963 and in 1970. The letters
are primarily personal in nature, though they do contain a few comments
on Republican policies and personalities in the 1950s. The collection
also contains a copy of a letter from Robert Schuman to Acheson, dated
March 5, 1953; a letter from Battle to Acheson which suggests editorial
changes in Acheson's forthcoming book, A Democrat Looks at His Party;
and a copy of a speech by Ben Hill Brown, Jr., American Consul General
to Turkey, given to the Istanbul Rotary Club on December 20, 1960. The
collection is arranged in a subject file with the Acheson correspondence
is placed first in the series, arranged in chronological order; the other
items are filed in chronological order.